Decompressive craniectomy and postoperative complication management in infants and toddlers with severe traumatic brain injuries: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-339

  Adamo, Matthew A ^a   Drazin, Doniel ^b   Waldman, John B ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Decompressive craniectomy; Head trauma; Outcome; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDURAL EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUROIMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149150251     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.12.PEDS08310     Document Type: Article

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